M4.0 earthquake 18 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Feb 1, 2017, 12:07 AM GMT-3 (03:07 UTC), 84 km (52 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 77 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-01 03:07:48 UTC
- Depth
- 83.8 km (52.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 30.115° S, 71.299° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.480 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3522 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.29 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3513 days ago · 50 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 9
- 5.477 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3512 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.090 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3508 days ago · 52 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.055 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3507 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.754 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3496 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3490 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 4.382 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3489 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.178 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3489 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 5.126 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3487 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 24
- 5.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3469 days ago · 42 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 27
- 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3469 days ago · 42 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.221 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3529 days ago · 73 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.280 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3533 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.29 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3536 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 4.124 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3538 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.441 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3540 days ago · 44 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 4.016 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3546 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.443 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3547 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 4.332 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3551 days ago · 44 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 4.884 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3552 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 4.941 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3555 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 4.391 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3556 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007wkf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.